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December 05, 2022 23:34

• Chechen law enforcers publicly scold driver for dangerous driving

  In the Kurchaloi District of Chechnya, law enforcers detained and reprimanded to the video recording a young man who violated traffic rules.

December 05, 2022 21:45

• Sources confirm Tumso Abdurakhmanov's murder

  Information about the murder of the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, committed in Sweden has been confirmed by his associates.

December 05, 2022 18:16

• Kadyrov treats return of POWs as achievement of Chechen MP

  A group of prisoners of war (POWs), including an officer from Kalmykia, has returned home thanks to the competent negotiating work performed by Shamsail Saraliev, a Russian State Duma MP from Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has proudly stated.

December 04, 2022 15:10

• Forced expulsion of genies from Leyla Gireeva conflicts with Islam

  Islam envisions no forced exorcism, moreover with the use of force, Leonid Syukiyainen, an Islamic scholar, and Imam Rasul Akhmadov have pointed out after the complaint announced by Leyla Gireeva, a native of Ingushetia, about attempts by her relatives to expel genies from her with the help of violence.

December 04, 2022 15:04

• Authorities confirm deaths of 1000 residents of Southern Russia in Ukraine

  Since the start of the special military operation (SMO), authorities have confirmed the deaths in Ukraine of at least 613 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and 387 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD). Most of the casualties, 273 people, were from Dagestan.

December 04, 2022 15:00

• Subscribers of Chechen blogger Tumso alarmed by break in publications amid rumours of his murder

  Tumso Abdurakhmanov did not post any videos on his channel after November 7, when he announced the beginning of the activities of the “Voice of Chechenia” political party.

December 04, 2022 14:52

• Dagestani historian Donogo reports details of his interrogation after search

  After the search at the Khadji Murad Donogo’s house, the police asked questions about his participation in scientific conferences in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey and about his contacts there, the historian said.

December 04, 2022 14:47

• Two women from Chechnya publicly reprimanded for providing occult services

  Adam Elzhurkaev, the chief specialist of the Centre for Islamic Medicine, publicly reprimanded two women from Chechnya who were detained by the police for providing occult services.

December 04, 2022 14:44

• Chechnya: Zarema Musaeva's arrest extended by two months

  A court in Grozny has rejected the defence's motion to release Zarema Musaeva from custody and extended her arrest until February 12, her advocate has informed. Her son has treated her health condition as satisfactory.

December 03, 2022 19:28

• ECtHR awards compensation to native of Ingushetia for violating prisoner's rights

  Russian authorities had violated the rights of Ruslan Gatagazhev, a native of Ingushetia, who was kept in custody under excessively harsh conditions, and must pay him 3000 euros as compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

December 03, 2022 19:23

• Moscow court would not restore "Memorial"* in register of legal entities

  The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow has refused to satisfy the claim for the restoration of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* in the state register of legal entities for the period of liquidation of the Centre.

December 02, 2022 22:24

• ECtHR awards compensation to detained participant of rally in Makhachkala

  The detention of Dagestani activist Ruslan Rasulov at an anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala in October 2011 violated his right to freedom of assembly, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled.

December 02, 2022 22:18

• Zarema Musaeva denies all accusations in court

  Zarema Musaeva, a spouse of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev, denied accusations of attacking a policeman, recalling how she was forcibly taken away from home without medicines and clothes.

December 02, 2022 22:13

• Circassian Diaspora of Turkey comes out for defence of scientists from Kabardino-Balkaria

  Members of the Circassian Diaspora of Turkey have called on Kazbek Kokov, the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria, to stop the persecution of scientists from the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research by the police.

December 02, 2022 22:10

• Ex-deputy director of Dagestani National Museum reports search of his home

  After conducting a search, law enforcers took away a phone and a computer with valuable historical materials, Hadji-Murad Donogo, a former deputy director of the Dagestani National Museum, has stated.

December 02, 2022 21:59

• Reports of Tumso's murder spark mistrust in Chechen Diaspora

  The publications in Telegram channels about the murder of the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, in Sweden don't look reliable, the "Vayfond" Association and the Assembly of European Chechens have pointed out.

December 02, 2022 21:53

• Inclusion of Kadyrov's regiment into list of terrorist organizations attracts analysts' attention

  The statement about the inclusion of the Kadyrov's regiment "Sever" (North) into the list of terrorist organizations indicates the toughening of the position of the authorities of the European Union (EU) towards Chechen law enforcers and their actions; the appearance in this list can have both immediate consequences in the form of a ban on entry into Europe and arrest of assets, and distant ones in the form of prosecution, analysts have warned.

December 02, 2022 14:46

• Leyla Gireeva complains to police about regular domestic violence

  Leyla Gireeva, who ran away from her home in Nazran, filed a complaint to the police about regular violence from her parents and asked to be protected from harassment by her relatives.

December 02, 2022 14:45

• Journalist Totrov refuses to pay fines for discrediting Russian Armed Forces

  The court’s decision on the fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces will be challenged, and an appeal will be filed against the previous similar court’s decision, journalist Ruslan Totrov reports.

December 01, 2022 23:26

• On anniversary of Cherek tragedy, Balkar villagers commemorate their perished fellow countrymen

  The participants of the mourning meeting held in the Balkar village of Sautu have marked the 80th anniversary of the Cherek tragedy, by commemorating the gorge residents killed in November 1942 by NKVD (Interior Commissariat) troops.